mother any distance Flashcards
‘you at the zero-end and me with the spool of tape,’
‘zero -end’ mum is holding start of tape implying for the time he was born
‘tape’ symbolic of relationship- umbilical cord
-as he physically moves further away from his mum, she watches him go away from her just like how he is growing up and moving out
-emotionally close as she is still holding onto the tape
commas - show mini separations from his mum
‘mother’ -first word
like a personal message to her as he addresses her directly
shows level of importance as she is the first thing he thinks of
‘Anchor. Kite’
oxymoron:
- he’s a kite starting to fly while mother is the anchor, keeping him secure
- he is able to be free as he is connected to his mother and knows his mother is still there
- he is exploring the world while keeping the relationship stable with his mother, representing parental love
one word sentences
-slow the pace of the poem
- isolated words make them stand out
